Polyelectrolyte/surfactant films: from 2D to 3D structural control

Autor: Javier Carrascosa-Tejedor, Andreas Santamaria, Andrea Tummino, Imre Varga, Marina Efstratiou, M. Jayne Lawrence, Armando Maestro, Richard A. Campbell
Přispěvatelé: Institut Laue-Langevin, National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Eusko Jaurlaritza
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Carrascosa-Tejedor, J, Santamaria, A, Tummino, A, Varga, I, Efstratiou, M, Lawrence, M J, Maestro, A & Campbell, R A 2022, ' Polyelectrolyte/surfactant films: from 2D to 3D structural control ', Chemical Communications, vol. 58, no. 76 . https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC03766A
ISSN: 1364-548X
1359-7345
Popis: Reversible control of the 3D structure of polyelectrolyte/surfactant films at the air/water interface is showcased. A recently discovered mechanism is exploited to form highly efficient, stable and biocompatible films by spreading aggregates composed of poly-L-lysine and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the surface of water. Reversible control of: (1) the surface monolayer coverage, (2) the switching on or off discrete extended structures, and (3) the extended structure coverage is demonstrated for the first time. The intricacy by which the film structures can be controlled is unprecedented and opens exciting potential to optimize film properties by chemical design for novel biomedical transfer applications.
We thank the Institut Laue-Langevin for beam time on FIGARO (DOIs: https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.9-12-614 and https://doi.org/10.5291/ILL-DATA.9-12-631), Simon Wood for technical assistance and the Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter (PSCM) for lab support. IV acknowledges the financial support from the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH K116629). AM acknowledges the financial support from MICINN under grant PID2021-129054NA-I00 and the IKUR Strategy of the Basque Government.
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